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/ˈbɛə.skɪn/ · noun
(countable, uncountable) The pelt of a bear, especially when used as a rug..
The farmer flayed him as he had the bear, and so he had both bear-skin and fox-skin.
In the midst stalked the King, his great limbs muffled, like Goldry’s, in a cloak: and it was of black silk lined with black bearskin, and ornamented with crabs worked in diamonds.
Use bearskin when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Bearskin means (countable, uncountable) The pelt of a bear, especially when used as a rug..
Common synonyms include busby, shako.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The farmer flayed him as he had the bear, and so he had both bear-skin and fox-skin.
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